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A Snapshot into 1930s Macao: the Legacy of Melville Jacoby

Posted: August 1st, 2025 | No Comments »

An interview in Macao News with Bill Lascher about Mel Jacoby’s time in pre-war Macao (and a little bit about my part in the journey to print!) and the collection of Mel’s photos of China, Macao and Asia in the 1930s and World War Two – A Danger Shared (Blacksmith Books). Click here to read….

Mel Jacoby (left) & his Stanford classmate Jack Fuller pose together in Macao in 1937


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